(19)
(11) EP 0 921 682 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(21) Application number: 98122938.8

(22) Date of filing: 03.12.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/16, H04N 7/173
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.12.1997 JP 35204997

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Arai, Yuko
    Tokyo 144-0034 (JP)
  • Nagao, Takeshi
    Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken 332-0012 (JP)
  • Fujita, Kenichi
    Kawasaki 210-0085 (JP)
  • Shinohara, Hiroki
    Yokohama 244-0811 (JP)
  • Suzuki, Takayuki
    Tokyo 168-0062 (JP)
  • Nakagawa, Aki
    Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken 332-0012 (JP)
  • Goto, Yoshimasa
    Kawasaki 216-0005 (JP)
  • Nishi, Hiroyuki
    Tokyo 168-0065 (JP)
  • Nakamura, Yasuhiro
    Kawasaki 215-0023 (JP)

(74) Representative: Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Method and apparatus for producing program information and receiving apparatus for processing the information in a broadcast system


(57) A program information producing apparatus (13) broadcasts program information of a next program belonging to the same program group as a subjective program in addition to the program information of the subjective program. A broadcast receiving apparatus (20) displays the program information of the next program based on the received program information of the subjective program, thereby allowing a viewer to make a reservation of the next program after checking its content during the user viewing each event of a series of programs.






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